Sunday, November 30, 2014

The morning after is never quite what you expect, especially when you are waking up next to Haven‘s
resident psychotic evil queen. Mara wants to cuddle up with some pillow
talk, but Duke is not in the mood. With his Mara sexcapades out of his
system, Duke is ready to hunt for aether. Mara has come a long way in
season five. Just a few episodes ago she was chained in Duke’s basement.
Now he is giving Mara full range of his cabin while he takes a jaunt
around the neighborhood.

While he is trying to track down the elusive black glue, Duke gets a
distress call from Mara. He rushes back to the cabin, but Mara is gone
and the place is a wreck. Duke catches a break (or so it seems) and
finds some DNA from the kidnapper. Gloria manages to identify the DNA as
Kirk, the oxygen-sucking man.

Dwight wants to give the rest of the aether to Charlotte for
research, but of course it is not in the safe. Nathan assumes that Duke
has it, but he quickly figures out that Kirk is the thief. Something
fishy is definitely going on with this Kirk guy. There is no way a
random minor character is so well connected.

WWE Superstar Christian recently talked to Jim Varsallone of The Miami Herald to promote his appearance on Syfy’s Haven this Friday night.

Christian is co-starring with WWE Hall of Famer Edge, who has a regular role on the show; he will reprise the role for two episodes next year. You can read a few excerpts below:Christian On Working With Edge Again:

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Actor William Shatner will be joining the cast
of SyFy's "Haven." Shatner, known for his roles in "Star Trek," "T.J.
Hooker" and "Boston Legal," will appear in a four-episode arc, playing a
character who will greatly impact the town of Haven, Maine.A veteran in the television and film industry, Shatner is still a
very busy actor. Most recently, he has appeared on "Hot in Cleveland,"
"Rookie Blue" and "Psych." The actor has been in talks to reprise his role of Captain Kirk for "Star Trek 3."

"There's talk — simply talk — about the next movie," Shatner said.Shatner also stars in a new home renovation series "The Shatner
Project," on DIY Network. The show is centered around Shatner and his
wife's renovation of the Southern California home which Shatner bought
50 years ago.In addition to those projects, he's still doing his Priceline.com
commercials as well as designing a motorcycle, a clothing line and a
comic book.When asked about the possibility of retirement, here's what Shatner had to say:"What does retiring mean?" he asked. "It means you want to step back
from what you're doing and do something else that's more interesting.
I'm in the middle of such a fertile, febrile fantasy that anybody would
wish for what I'm doing."Another guest star has been cast in an upcoming "Haven" episode, titled "Chemistry": WWE superstar Christian,
real name Jay Reso. He will be appearing on the show as a recurring
character. Reso was the tag-team partner of "Haven" actor Adam Copeland,
a former WWE wrestler who went by the name of Edge. Copeland portrays
the character of Dwight in the SyFy series.Reso will portray McHugh, one of Dwight's oldest friends and former
military buddies, who has been living under the radar. Dwight goes to
him for romantic advice concerning Dr. Cross, and he also asks for
McHugh's help in saving the town of Haven.
The episode "Chemistry" airs Friday, Nov. 28, at 7 p.m. on SyFy.

In
the last episode, Duke released Mara from imprisonment so that they
could team up together and save the town. Also, it was discovered that
Dr. Cross is not actually with the Center for Disease Control.In the next episode, Duke and Mara will be forced to receive help
from dangerous allies. They also appear to be growing closer based on
promotional photos released. However, Duke is seen in the promo saying,
"I knew I couldn't trust you," implying that Mara may possibly betray
him. The
video shows Cross giving Audrey a shot. This is troubling now that we
know Dr. Cross isn't who she says she is. She may not even be a real
doctor for all we know. When are the people of Haven going to confront
her?

With just two more episodes until the midseason finale, Haven is securely in plot-setup land. As has been the case in every season of Haven, it’s a struggle to get through these last few episodes before the eventual finale payoff.

“Mortality” lacked the quirk and charm of Haven,
instead drilling information into our faces that will inevitably solve
all of the troubles in the next three weeks. But fans of Haven
know that whatever is in store for us at the end of this season will
make tedious episodes like “Mortality” worth it, so we carry on.

The town is terrified of the trouble-targeting contagion and is still
firmly in quarantine. Rebecca and Stan are fiercely guarding the only
exit out of town. Well, Rebecca is guarding it fiercely; Stan is taking
bribes. Audrey tries to get out of Haven, but she is stopped. Luckily,
Nathan pulls up and is able to talk Audrey’s way through the barricade.
That man could talk his way out of anything. It’s the way he walks. Nathan Wuornos melts even the coldest hearts.

On Haven Season 5 Episode 10 Dwight
decided to share with Charlotte the mystery of the Troubles. His motive
was pure in doing so, with the belief that a potential DNA marker (that
Pete didn't dispel) could mean the end to the Troubles.

Discovering Charlotte is not who she said she was took the wind out of
the sails what could have been an interesting plot and a potential happy
series ending.

It's no wonder Havenites are suspicious of everyone all the time. The
thing is, I don't buy it. It is completely unrealistic that every single
person who learns of the Troubles is on the side of evil or in it for
personal gain.

What we know is Charlotte is not with the CDC. The pesky previews
appeal to the evil in her with Vince's anger that Dwight dared to
confide in an outsider. A silver lining could still be uncovered. She
may not be from the CDC, but also not out to harm anyone and truly
interested in finding out why Haven is plagued with Troubles, as well as
creating a means to cure them.

The CDC is in Haven and ready to cause some serious
trouble for the locals. Dr. Cross is suspicious of everything and
convinced that Haven is on the verge of a massive viral outbreak.
Nathan, Audrey and Dwight try desperately to keep her from encountering
the Troubles, but things get out of hand. There’s only so much you can
do to hide a creepy bear costume whose inhabitant alternates between
invisible and a mutilated zombie.

I am not super in love with the CDC story. It seems like they could
find someone with a memory Trouble and send Dr. Cross packing. They
could even just lock her up with Mara rather than let her “call in the
tanks.” Let’s be honest, the Guard could just off her. At the
beginning of the episode, I was hoping that we were going to dig into
Dave’s leg and dream, but instead we got tangled up in Contagion. Dr.
Cross is also kind of irritating, and I’m not so interested in having
her stick around to be Dwight’s love interest.

In
Episode 9, titled "Morbidity," numerous residents of Haven fell ill.
They all had one common factor, though, and that was the Trouble.The Center for Disease Control sent Dr. Charlotte Cross to check
things out around Haven. The recent hoard of sick people in the town had
her and the CDC suspicious of an outbreak.The residents of Haven realized that having scientists sniffing
around could lead to outsiders finding out about the Trouble, which
could have unfavorable consequences.Besides the illness, Haven had a problem with a dancing bear in this
episode. What seemed to be a jokester wearing a bear costume, ended up
being a lot more frightening.

Audrey and Nathan showed up and told the
costumed weirdo to move it along, but he danced and danced without
ceasing, giving no response to the officers.This mysterious costumed entity finally removed the head of the
costume, revealing the dreadful sight of a pale, corpse-like man with a
huge chunk of his head missing. Even for the residents of Haven — who
are used to this level of creepy — this is a bit much. It's
understandable that many of the townspeople ran off, screaming.
More bears popped up on every corner shortly thereafter, with the
same terrifying face lurking beneath. Audrey and Nathan were determined
to get to the bottom of things.

Friday, November 07, 2014

Hello US!It's finally Friday and Haven airs with an new episode, "Morbidity" airs on Syfy at 7/6C.Please let's go to Twitter and join the Haven frenzy, using the hashtag #Haven5 and getting along with other Haven fans. Find out how much fun it is.And those who are Nielsen... watch live!

WARNING: This post contains spoilersThe town of Haven, Maine, is a refuge for people with supernatural powers.In the last episode "Exposure," which aired on Halloween, Duke and
Audrey are left to strategize about how to get Nathan back from another
dimension and Duke reluctantly makes the decision to call the Darkside
Seekers, Haven's resident ghost hunters.

Duke is forced to ask Mara for help. He reveals the challenges he's
faced with his mother in order to get Mara to assist. She does, allowing
them in figure out how the Trouble works.

In the next episode, titled "Morbidity," Audrey and other dozens of
other residents of Haven are overcome by a mysterious illness, and the
symptoms threaten to expose truth about the Troubles to the outside
world as well as a dangerous newcomer.
The town of Haven might be placed under quarantine, causing some residents to fear being "locked up in cages like lab rats."

Wednesday, November 05, 2014

Audrey is back! After weeks of Emily Rose brilliantly playing two
characters stuck in one body, Audrey’s return brings a new challenge for
Rose—playing two characters in two bodies. Rose handles the transition
perfectly in “Nowhere Man.” It’s hard to reconcile the fact that Mara
and Audrey are being played by the same actress; they seem to be two
completely different people.

The newly appeared Audrey luckily doesn’t mean the immediate end for
Mara. Duke and Nathan agree that they need to keep Mara around in case
she has a connection with Audrey. That’s good news for Mara and for us.
Watching Rose play both of these characters is just brilliant and we’re
not ready to give that up quite yet.

Cole brought up Edge
and Syfy's Haven. The show producers thought it would be great if Edge
and Christian appear on the show together. Christian called it a great
experience. He said WWE fans who watch the show will gravitate to their
same chemistry that they had in WWE. The episode airs November 28th.

I'll be honest. I don't remember him. Now? He was a breath of fresh
air. If the quote didn't belong to Duke, the witty remark was coming out
of Seth's mouth. What a difference a year makes. I likely still had so
much hope for everyone that I didn't take note of Seth. Sorry Seth, you
rocked it tonight.
Mousy Audrey had to come out of her funk to solve a Trouble on her own
in order to save Nathan. That's something Seth has some experience with
since he was once a duo and now on his own. He had the pep and vigor
required to launch Audrey out of the chair.

Together they made gizmos and looked beyond the Trouble to the people
(as Seth so eloquently put it) so that they could discover how a Trouble
truly started. They didn't get it right, necessarily, but close enough
to play ball.

Only in Haven can there be a trouble that involves a camera
that does not record the smiles of its victims, but their last moment as
a corporeal entity. In other words, the last impression the objects in
the lens leave is a Peter Pan type shadow or, as Nathan, Audrey, Duke
and Mara believe, a nuclear blast ashprint. It turns out that all four
are wrong about what the shadow signifies although, Mara probably had a
pretty good idea, especially since she is the one who helps to solve the
riddle of where the trouble originated. While that may not be too much
of an imaginative stretch, she did, after all, pass out the original
troubles in Haven years ago, and it should be remembered that Mara has
been around for a long, long time.

Haven this week features one of the busier episodes in terms
of multiple plot threads and it even features a few excellent
references to Stephen King’s world of fiction. According to SyFy on
their Haven site, two characters are alluded to in the show, Dr. Reynolds is a nod to Susan Reynolds in King’s follow up book to The Shining,
Dr. Sleep, and the further adventures of Danny Torrence and character
number two is Reginald “Pop” Merrill. The owner/operator of Castle
Rock’s The Emporium Galorium is a fan favorite and the writer has
brought Merrill, “out of retirement” so to speak several times, one of
these times is in the short story that this episode of Haven uses as a plot device.Keep reading at Guardian Liberty Voice